Two months ago I was laid off from my job. Which, quite honestly, was one of the best days of my life. I am now able to stay at home with my kids and really explore what it is I want to do in this world. There has been a lot of searching: soul, food, gardening, kids activities, jobs, education, spiritual. I also think that turning 30 has been pretty monumental for me. Given that this is my first Saturn return (which is suppose to occur every 28-30 years) I think that this new sense of exploration is part in partial.
After giving birth to my son, fourteen months ago, my family became vegan. This too has prompted me to become more aware of my environment, health and spirit. This means we don't eat animals or any product thereof. I absolutely love cooking and the new recipes we have tried are pretty awesome. We started a garden last year. And forget what everyone says about over ambitious, first time gardeners-we rocked it! This year I'm going even further and starting indoors. My grow lights are on their way, seeds are here and I can't wait. This year we are going organic and also planting all heirloom varieties. I'm hoping to share many plants with friends and neighbors.
My other obstacle that I'm digging through is true and loving effort to be more non-judgmental, and conscious of my actions. Now that I'm not working at the typical cubical environment, my life is gossip and toxic free. It is truly one of the most liberating things. When you are surrounded by the nonsense it can really start to stress you out. Shoot, I had to go to physical therapy because the stress was weighing on my shoulders and I couldn't get out of bed one morning. Granted there is the philosophy that peace can be achieved even amongst the loud, negative environment that you are in. I think I felt that peace once I would go home and now I get to feel it all the time.
